Iowa Public Television

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Climate Change and Iowa - Let's Start a Discussion

IPTV's local programs The Iowa Journal, Market to Market, and Intelligent Talk have featured issues about climate change on recent programs. You can find links to articles and clips here.

In an Iowa Journal report from last year, Gene Takle, an ISU scientist and member of the U.N.'s Nobel-winning climate change team, and former Iowa lawmaker David Osterberg discuss implications of a warmer climate on Iowa. Take a look at the video and transcript.

On Tuesday, October 21, Frontline: Heat will debut to examine the issue as it relates to business and politics. You can watch a preview of the program here.

Use the comments feature below, and share your thoughts on how climate change will affect your life and/or business in the coming years. What will the political implications be? How might a changing climate change your lifestyle and work?

1 comment:

Nancy Heather said...

I was just cleaning my desktop, and found an article quoting Reverend Philip Hougen (recently retired as Bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.)

"Hougen says he's seen it personally and people he knows in other parts of the world, particularly in the east African country of Tanzania, "do suffer from emissions that come from industries in our part of the world." Hougen says,"Lifestyles that are changed here are changed throughout the world, based on the decisions made here in Iowa."

Here's the full article from Radio Iowa: http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=2A178E9E-B213-E680-0C2B3988D40BBF47